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Obamaniacs, are you disturbed?
Does it bother you that Obama has now come out with very negative ads, striking at McCain for his age and questioning his honor? I ask the obvious question: Wasn't Obama going to be different and show us all the best way? Oh his elequence in calling for a higher standard; now all for naught.
I assume you are all pragmatists and agree that 1) negative advertizing works and that 2) because of that, Obama must use old line political methods. Even then, how bothered are you?
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According to Tex all Obama supporters are disturbed.
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It's an illusion that either candidate really controls how their campaign is run.
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I am interested to see how those who are not part of the political machinery react.
None of you are cynical enough, but both sets of candidates are merely operatives, operating within the system, they are neither bad nor good, simply calling upon party regulars to do battle. Now what I find interesting is how the non-politicos react to the PR of either side. So far, the Teflon Twins seem to be faring better than Messiah and Mr. Boring.
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Personally, I disliked the McCain campaign response to the pig-lipstick controversy, though I don't blame them. I'd like to see more issue-oriented attack ads, not this silly stuff.
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The negative ad campaigns have been enormously successful for McCain. Obama can either take the higher ground and, unlike McCain, stay true to his word to keep a "respectful," substance-based discourse, and subsequently watch McCain run away with the election. Or, alternately, he can try to stay competitive and start throwing his own ads out there. It seems he's decided to go with the latter, having given permission for pro-Obama 527s to form for the first time last week. |
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Another question on Obama. During his convention speech, Obama stated that he "welcomed" a debate with McCain, yet he continues to dodge the plan for a series of one-on-one townhall meeting/debates proposed by McCain. What is Obama afraid of? I'm sure this type of up close and personal interaction would mitigate against negative interchanges. Yet Obama runs away, and is now hiding behind negative ads.
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Question: does that make Cali, Peter? And Barbara, Mary Magdalene? Ooh, the analogies here could be quite fun.
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